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Hey all brewers. I've had a mate pull out of coming up to Woodend for the Bull and Raven Cask Off and his ticket is up for grabs. I'm leaving Melbourne town on the V/Line at just after Midday (that's today by the way) to go to and return from Holgate. If you want the ticket, you're more than...

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Yep its doable. Its the way I do it on my system. Use the .pdf in this article to find the carbonation at the temperature of beer. http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...;showarticle=24 This file also has a few other handy conversions too.

Well another suggestion for this list, VB Raw. Somehow I received a six pack of it in the post today, perhaps a 'gift' (although if I received it from someone I knew, I would use the tissue paper wrapped around each bottle to stuff down their thraot until they ceased breathing) from CUB's...

As Sammus said, I have also done. Just bend the bottom of the freezer down to go vertical along the back wall instead of horizontally as the freezer base. The only issue then is insulating your beer lines so they dont freeze when passing over the evaporator. Though thats only if you have a...

If its a liquor licence issue as stated earlier, would it be fair to say you wont be getting the liquor licence until after Sept 30 in line with the census date for excise?

Thats not from Flying Horse is it?

That was the suggestion because you soon get over having to transfer liquid to a temporary vessel. I had a 24 litre kettle, so when i did full size brews i would transfer all runnings from the MT to a fermenter, then boil half at at time (half for 30 mins to achieve hot break and the other half...

As above, use the HLT as your Mash tun. Go to Kmart buy a $10 1800W/2400W kettle, rip the element out install into the fermenter, there is your HLT. You already have the 3 vessels you need...

Yeah thats the one. In the main st (Princes Hwy) as if you were driving through to Warrnambool. I think it was the Betta Electrical store, may have the wrong one, but its along that strip near there. They're planning on having it open by/during October, but I think they were waiting on some...

Sweet. Thanks very much guys.

I picked up some starsan and gave it a burl for the first time the other day. Swirled it around in my fermenter, and FOAM. What is the go here? Do people let this drip dry and go away? I used it at 1.5mL per litre of water. Is it ok to put the beer on this?

If your going to be going down that way next year, Red Duck should have their cellar door open in Camperdown. They plan to have it open in October. There is also a distillery at the old Railway Shed in Timboon which is about 15 minutes inland of Port Campbell. I think their whiskey's may...

Nah its right. Just leave it and it will do its thing. Some people stir, some dont. Like some fold and some scrunch.

I think I remember reading somewhere that grand ridge brewery slaughter some of their own cattle for their restaurant and that it is fed spent grain. It may have been another micro, but they seem to stick to mind.